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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 432, NWS Birmingham, AL

August 13, 2005Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2005, 6:09 PM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2005, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 2:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 2:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 1:22 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
504 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

ALZ025-132300-
SHELBY-
504 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
CDT...

...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM WITH WIND GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH...

AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR INVERNESS...
PELHAM...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...CHELSEA...HELENA...ALABASTER...
AND COLUMBIANA...THROUGH 600 PM CDT.

Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:34 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
534 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0529 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
08/13/2005                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN CENTRAL
            TUSCALOOSA COUNTY IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF TUSCALOOSA.

0529 PM     FLASH FLOOD      TUSCALOOSA              33.24N 87.54W
08/13/2005                   TUSCALOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL VEHICLES SUBMERGED IN HIGH WATER IN THE CITY OF
            TUSCALOOSA. NO INJURIES REPORTED AT THIS TIME.

&&

LINHARES

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 5:58 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
558 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

ALZ030-132330-
SUMTER-
558 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR SUMTER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM
CDT...

...WINDS 35 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING
THUNDERSTORM...

AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF LIVINGSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR LIVINGSTON...EPES AND
BELLAMY THROUGH 630 PM CDT. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:08 PM CDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Cherokee	16 min
Aug 13, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Clay, Tallapoosa	25 min
Aug 13, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Winston	36 min
Aug 13, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	41 min
Aug 13, 5:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Tuscaloosa	2 hr
Aug 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Fayette	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.